The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-06-30
EDUCATION NO. VIII.

/ and Other VacAt1ODB'--tOOllsh AOb0 .
Precious TIme--Time that solves Wing
of Lightning to Pleasure and Feet o
Lead to Pain"
"Lst facts be submitted to candle
people," says the Declaration Of Inde
pendence. The fact may do little or NJ
good, but let US submit them DeVerthe
| less,
Examinations Of pupils have been go
| ing on in our public schools TO- WeeE
| or more, preparatory to the long sum
mer vacation. This lengthy vaca ion /!
on the theory that the weather is TOT
hot tor school, and TO allow teachers
and pupil to rest from their aidiOu!
labOrs and gather strength for the mex
school year, to open in September.
The weather Will not be LOO hot tt
allow OF teachers improving the Vaca
tiOn, and rushing into other business
even into the wheat fields exposed Il
the fierce rays of the summer sun. The
weather will not prevent the openir g
Of schools In some localities to afford
ODD rtunity In special branches, and
which will doubtless be improved by
many, and ought to be by more.
All this confirms the idea that some.
thing may be done In education even In
the not summer period. One short ses
sion OF school each day might be q
pleasure to our youth, and surely profit.
able, and altogether better than idling
the time wholly away. Time once lost
can never be regained, and this Is moi
sufficiently considered. Other business
too, goes on without stop. The true way
10 20 do q IIffIo nuoru dow and hnrnA N
shows the Importance OF wholesome
home influence.
When we consider, too, In connec
tion with the foregoing, the other school
Interruptions throughout the trolling
year." including every Saturday, OF
Monday instead, as In some localities,
with so much In the course that is IT.
relevant or unnecessary, one may SEE
the great need of reform in the whole
business. The fact is we can hardly
count that over half the time Is utilized.
The value and the Importance to our
youth Of their golden hours and youth
full years should never be lost sight of.
As they SOW, and as we help them to
SOW, or SOW for them, SO shall the har-
vest be. Too much valuable time il
fTitteTed away.
These frequent Interruptions interfere
greatly with the progress of the schools,
as every teacher we'll knows. 1t Is the
daily task with some little of daily ac.
QuisitiOn that ultimately expands and
OOens the youthful mind. The family
1 which all this is seen to, turns out
The good scholars In pite Of the schools.
This good work In the household is as
necessary to the education Of the chill.
dren TO-DAY as ever before.
l am speaking, be 1t remembered. for
children, as the schools are for them,
and If defective the latter, the youth
are the losers. As q rule their time is
their estate, the only patrlmony the
most Of them will get, aGd when prop
erly and prO6tsbly managed, returns
abundsntly. In short, life Is but so
much time.
An eloquent writer of this century
says: Time is the meRsurer OF all
things, but is itself immeRsurable; the
grand discloser of all things; but Is It,
self undisclosed. Like space, 1t is IN
comprehensive, because 1t has no lin
Its, and 1t would be still more 80, II 1t had.
II gives wings Of lightning to pleasure,
but feet of lead to pain. and lends ex-
Dectation curb, but enjoyment a spur.
II Tobs beauty Of her charms, to bestOw
them on her picture and builds monu-
ment to merit but denies 1t house; 1t
is the transient and deceitful flatterer
of falsehood, but the tried and final
friend of truth. Time Is the most sub
tile, yet the most Unsuitable Of depreda
tors, and by appearing to take nothing,
is permitted to take all, nor can II be
satisfied, until IL has stolen the world
from us and taken US from the world.
It constantly flies, yet overcOmes all
I ilgs by flight, and although 1t is the
present ally, 1t will be the future con-
queYOr of death. Time, tha cradle of
hope, but the grave of ambition, Is the
stern cOrrector of fools, but the salutsry
counsellor of the wise, bringing all they
dread to the one, and all they desire to
the other; but, like CassandCa, 1t warns
rs with o voice, that even the sagest
dIscredit too long, and the sllliest be.
lleve too late. Wisdom walks before 1t,
opportunity with 1t, and repentance be-
hind It,"
Let our youth be instructed In wis
dom, that they may embrace 0ppcrtun.
ity, and 80 avoid the need Of repentance.
Remember, the proper improvement of
time IL the foundation Of fortune, and
Of all success In life. The school is
where you b should be led Ia Wisdom's
ways, and the only way to make q
thorough, ripe or profound scholar, Is to
keep doing . little every day.
One learned man In our city informs
US through the Repository that we have
bad the Quincy methods" In the Can
ton schools, and hence our schools are
all they ought to or can be.
John Quincy Adams, few years since
In an address at OhautauQua, said there
was nothing new In the Quincy schools.
1t was only an attempt to apply common
sense to the business Of teaching. 1t
has been said that man is an initiative
animal, and here Is another bit Of eVi-
dence.
1t Ia to be hoped that 1t Is not the
method In Quincy to neglect or fail to
appreciate the English tongue; to pre-
tend to teach In primary schools both
English and German to the same pupils;
to require pupils to come to school with
lessons all prepared; to make the school
In this way merely place to hear the
lessons, and call this teaching. II all
these, or more, are Quincy methods,
pity Quincy. They need more common
sense there A CITIZEN.